Ford T Loses!

[johng001]

  ZapXR6T said:

When I was a mechanic we used to do alot of porsches and VW's.  We had a young guy with a 1978 turbo 911 who while drunk one night smacked into a telephone pole front on.  As he was drunk the insurance did not pay for it.  He was given his brothers kombi van to drive, well he still had the 911T wreck and asked us to do a transplant.  We then fitted the 911T motor into the back of this 1960's kombi.  The transplant was quite easy and all went to plan.  When I test drove it however the car under full throttle would lift the front wheels of the ground and made for some hair raising driving.  We did fit the porsche brakes as well. 

I wonder if it is the same one

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No good having Porsche brakes if the front wheels are of the ground

[FPV 521]

  rota said:

There are some seriously quick cars out there on the road, most of them being either highly illegal or seriously underbraked. As an all-round package the XR6T is excellent value for money.

I do own 2 rotary's (an R100 and a 10 second RX-7) but at the end of the day they rarely, if ever get used.

On the other hand, the XR6T is a brand new car, equipped with a 3 year warranty, good towing capability and effortless cruising. So don't beat up on yourselves too much, because even a standard XR6T is a relatively fast car and capable of towing a boat and caravan and returning good fuel economy. Do you think a Datsun 1200 ute with a 20B triple rotor would have the same economy/warranty/driveability attributes? I think not!!

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goode point

[yeec]

Here's a Subaru Brumby that's had a STI transplant - 200kw ATW, Brembos, AWD.

It has the performance, brakes and the suspension ! Fully compliant with an engineering and emissions report.

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v347/lewlew/

[Rotor]

In my previous life as an RX7 club member I came across an old Kombi that was running an injected Bridgeported 13B Turbo (only Bridgeported Turbo I have ever seen run well) that had 320HP at the treads on a Dyno day. It was a bit of beast on the road when he launched it. Go along to Rotary Dyno day and take a look at some of the cars there and their HP and their weight and then remember not to drag them unless you have a Stage 3 kit.

[ktford]

Gotta love sleepers

Scotty